Justin Ross is a life long resident of Prince George’s County and currently lives in Greenbelt, MD with his wife Nancy and their 3 kids. Justin was born in Bowie, MD and spent most of his life growing up in Greenbelt and University Park. He attended University Park Elementary School, Kenmoor Middle, and Eleanor Roosevelt High School. While attending Eleanor Roosevelt he sang in the Chamber and Gospel Choirs and won the Prince George’s County Wrestling Championship in his senior year. Justin graduated from the University of Maryland in 1998 with a degree in Government & Politics. He began working in commercial real estate as a salesman soon after graduating from college and has continued in the same job until this day.

Justin has served on the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee and has served as President of the Prince George’s County Young Democrats. He has also been a member of the North College Park Business Association, the Prince Georges Chamber of Commerce, and has served as a consultant to the Redevelopment Authority, working on the Gateway Arts District project.

Since his election to the House of Delegates in 2002, he has served on the Ways and Means Committee and on the Revenue subcommittee. He also is Chairman of the Prince George’s County Affairs Committee and serves on the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Special Committee. In 2006, Justin was appointed to the House Leadership by Speaker Michael Busch in the role of Chief Deputy Majority Whip. While serving in the House of Delegates, Justin has worked on issues dealing with drug treatment, increasing police funding, shutting down liquor stores and strip clubs in Prince George’s County, creating tax incentives for green technology research, and advancing the Arts District in Hyattsville.

Nancy Ross was born and raised in Ossining, NY. She attended the University of Maryland, where she met Justin, and graduated with Degrees in Criminnology and Criminal Justice and Psychology. She then attended the University of Maryland Law School and was admitted into the Maryland Bar in 2001. Professionally, she has worked as an advocate for victims of domestic violence and as a legislative analyst for MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). She most recently worked as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Transportation for 4 years but has recently made a career change and is earning a Masters Degree from the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She is a devoted mother and is a volunteer for the Greenbelt Co-Op Nursery and serves on the Christian Education Committee at the First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville.